G'day all, I'm trying to build an extensible interface refresh for the backend of a product we sell.
The interface I'm trying to build might be thought of as 'full screen'; with a sort of frames layout feel. There's a primary nav bar across the top of the screen, a secondary nav bar down the left of the screen (which ideally would occupy the full height of the window minus the height of the nav bar and have overflow: auto), a heading bar with some action buttons, a large content pane and a set of action buttons. To give you an idea, I've mocked it up in tables so you can see where I'm heading, and the start of a standards design, but I've become bogged down: Tables version: http://www.iqmultimedia.com.au/kit/slogger/tables.html Standards version: http://www.iqmultimedia.com.au/kit/slogger/standards.html The tables one doesn't work properly in anything except FF, but I don't really mind because I'm not likely to use a design with tables for layout. The issues I have are the following: - Can anyone think of a way to impose a scrollbar on the left-hand 'Stuff goes here!' secondary nav when it expands beyond the window bounds? - How can I allow the developers to create between 0 and 2 each of neutral, destructive and constructive buttons while keeping them all in line and tidy? Buttons are likely to get icons too if deemed feasible. I'm in a rather unique situation where the product is going to require Firefox (in order to fall under the support requirements for the application), so I have a lot more freedom when it comes to nice selectors etc. in CSS. Any help you can provide would be appreciated (I'm in a situation where I have to explain to my boss why I shouldn't just use the tables layout and get a moveon with the development). Cheers, Kit Grose ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
